A ROMAN CARNELIAN RING STONE

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN CARNELIAN RING STONE
circa 1st century a.d.
The nearly round, flat stone engraved with a figure of Diomedes holding the Palladion in his left hand, stepping over an altar, a sword in his right hand, his mantle draped over his left arm, a column topped by a statue to his right, mounted in a European gold ring of the late 18th or early 19th century
Size 8

来源

Professor Gilbert Murray, Professor of Classical Studies, Oxford University

拍品专文

A large gem in Oxford signed by the engraver Felix is one of the most famous gems to have survived from antiquity. The Felix gem depicts Diomedes with the Palladion, together with Odysseus, outside the walls of Troy. The subject was popular in the early Imperial period, not only on gems but other media as well, suggesting a famous now-lost painting as the common source. Excerpts from the scene, depicting either Diomedes or Odysseus, were also a popular subject on gems. The pose for both heroes is often the same as that found on the Felix gem, as evinced by the present example. The topic has been treated most recently by Moret, Les Pierres grave antique representant le ropt du Pollodieum.